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Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful.

— Michelle Dockery

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.

— James McAvoy

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

— John Bradshaw

Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the most scary war.

— Anna Torv

I grew up with Shakespeare, and there are so many wonderful teachings in those plays. The stories are all so unique and timeless. There is just so much learning in that body of work, and that is something I will always go back to.

— Juliet Rylance

Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? - Is there not sad stuff? What? - What?

— George III of the United Kingdom

From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective.

— Lee Hall

Shakespeare is universal.

— Harold Bloom

To have a sense of contemporary ownership of Shakespeare is the most important thing to his work.

— Tim Crouch

I've been with Shakespeare all my life.

— Roger Rees

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think nobody since has written such extraordinary work as Shakespeare writes. The characters he writes are full of inconsistencies, which is a great human quality - I mean, we're all very inconsistent in the way we behave.

— Jeremy Irons